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Online Poker — miw210 Wins at Full Tilt

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, UltimateBet, and Cake below: Full Tilt — $750,000 Guarantee Buy-In: $200+$16 Prize Pool: $790,400 Entrants: 3,952 Places Paid: 522 Final Table Results: 1. miw210 — $139,940 2. Sonelin — $84,573 3. clcktower — $55,328 4. BONCELA — $43,630 5. Austin “The […]

Swede and Brit Boost Euro Bracelet Wins

Tomas Alenius from Sweden and Roland de Wolfe from Britain are the latest European bracelet winners at the World Series of Poker, bringing the total number of Euro victories to five following the earlier triumphs at the Series by Vitaly Lunkin, Ville Wahlbeck, and John Paul Kelly. Alenius took down event 26, the $1,500 limit […]

Kevin Parkes is GUKPT Summer Series Bolton Champ

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Summer Series main event in Bolton was won by Kevin Parkes of Walsall. The 33-year-old van salesman was the last player standing from a field of 77 after two days at the G casino in Bolton, and took home £12,700. The runner-up of the £500 buy-in tournament was Allan McLean […]

First Half of EPT Season Six Announced

The first half of the sixth season of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour schedule has been announced, with new destinations to look forward to. The Tour, which last season proved to be a massive success with an overall prize pool of almost €55 million, kicks off in Russia on Aug. 17 and then moves on […]

Irish Poker Tournaments Honoured at Award Ceremony

The Irish Sports Betting Awards holds its annual get-together at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin on Thursday June 18 and four events are vying for the “Best Poker Tournament” award. They are: Boylepoker International Poker Open End of the Month Poker Tournament (Fitzwilliam Card Club) Irish Classic Poker Festival (Macau Sporting Club) Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival […]

WSOP — Tomas Alenius Wins Event No. 26

Tomas Alenius made his second cash of the 2009 World Series of Poker count. The Sweden native outlasted a field of 643 players to capture his first bracelet, along with just under $200,000, Sunday night in the $1500 limit hold’em event. Alenius had to overcome a short stack at the final table in order to […]

WSOP -- Roland De Wolfe Completes Poker's Triple Crown

It had only been done once before in the history of poker. In January of 2008, Gavin Griffin became the first person to ever win poker’s Triple Crown by winning a World Series of Poker, European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour event. That one-person club has grown tonight with Roland De Wolfe’s victory in […]

Deal Me In — Scotty Nguyen

In its pages are never-before-revealed details of the lives of some of the biggest names in poker. Phil Hellmuth’s new book profiles 20 of the biggest poker players in the world, giving the reader an intimate look at the game’s biggest celebrities. Deal Me In, a collection of autobiographical accounts from many of poker’s elite, […]

WSOP — Phil Ivey Wins his Second Bracelet of the Summer

Phil Ivey has done it again. He won event No. 25 ($2,500 Omaha eight-or-better/seven-card stud eight-or-better) at the 2009 World Series of Poker to take home $220,538 and his seventh gold bracelet just after midnight on June 14. This is the second bracelet that Ivey has won at the 2009 WSOP, his first victory came […]

WSOP — Panayote Vilandos Wins Event No. 24

Panayote Vilandos can add his name to the list of the biggest stories of the 2009 World Series of Poker. Vilandos took down Event No. 24 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em) late Saturday evening. Vilandos is no stranger to making his way through huge no-limit hold’em fields at this year’s WSOP. Vilandos out lasted all but one […]

Ernests Patajs Wins First Ever DOPT

The first ever Donkr.com Online Poker Tour (DOPT) live event was won by young Latvian, Ernests Patajs. The €500+50 no-limit hold’em event began on May 28 and played out for three days at the Olympic Voodoo Casino in Riga, Latvia. Donkr.com users qualified via various poker sites with 35 of them winning DOPT Live packages. […]

Mike Matusow — What’s My Line?

Mike Matusow will probably always be more known for his personality than his skill at the table, yet there is no denying the impressive numbers that he continues to put up year after year. At the 2008 World Series of Poker, Matusow picked up his third gold bracelet by winning the $5,000 no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball […]

WSOP Gold — From College Dropout to Multi-Bracelet Winner

He only lasted one year at the University of Maryland. Spending all of his time playing limit poker online, Brock Parker wasn’t getting much studying done. His parents were extremely worried. His friends thought he was crazy. He admits he was a bit of a “degenerate,” but nearly 10 years later, Parker finds himself near […]

WSOP — Jeff Carris Wins Event No. 22

It only took Jeff Carris two cashes at the World Series of Poker to capture a bracelet. Carris went undefeated through his three tables to take down Event No. 22 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout). Carris had almost everything go his way at the final table, entering heads-up play with a 3-1 chip lead against successful […]

James Sudworth does Team PKR Proud in Vegas

One Team PKR Pro the site should be proud of is James “James666” Sudworth. Sudworth recently accomplished the best finish in the World Series of Poker for a Team PKR Pro member when he took seventh place in the $2,500 no-limit six-handed event, narrowly missing out on the final table. Sudworth beat players of the […]

WSOP — Nick ‘The Takeover’ Schulman Wins Event No. 23

With a World Poker Tour title under his belt (two if you count a “Bad Boys” title), Nick Schulman entered the final table of the $10,000 no-limit Deuce-to-Seven single draw lowball event with the goal of adding World Series of Poker gold to his long list of accolades. Schulman’s path wasn’t easy. First he had […]

This Week in Poker — June 6-12

Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrapup of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update 1: Cornel Cimpan — 3,450 2: Brock Parker — 3,132 3: Poorya Nazari — 3,000 4: Jude Ainsworth — 2,840 5: Peter Rho — 2,600 6: Mike Sowers — 2,560 […]

Revamped Tournament Schedule and Results Section Live

Card Player recently launched a redesigned CardPlayer.com, and we’ve received a tremendous amount of constructive feedback from our loyal, helpful readers. By far the most sought-after enhancement requested was an improved tournament section. The tournament schedule and results section on CardPlayer.com is the industry’s most comprehensive listing of upcoming events and historic results. Users can […]

WSOP — Zac Fellows Wins Event No. 21

Zac Fellows came into the final day of event No. 21 ($3,000 H.O.R.S.E.) at the World Series of Poker with the chip lead at 1 p.m. on June 11. Twelve hours later, he would be the owner of a gold bracelet and $311,899. The final day began with 21 players in all after a grueling […]

Snooker’s Steve Davis Presents The Poker Show

Snooker legend Steve Davis is due to guest present The Poker Show on Monday and will entertain the likes of Roland de Wolfe, Annette Obrestad, and the newly braceleted Steve Sung. Matt Broughton and Jesse May will be speaking to Spring Online Championship of Poker champ Jude Ainsworth, and Brit player Andy Greekfish. Not to […]

England Pips Germany in Euro Bracelet Battle

John Paul Kelly won England’s first bracelet in two years at the World Series of Poker yesterday, beating German Marc Tschirch heads up to take down the title and the $194,434 top prize in the event no. 20, the $1,500 pot-limit hold’em event. Kelly is the third European to win a bracelet at this year’s […]

GUKPT Summer Series Underway in Bolton

The new Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Summer Series got underway at the G Casino in Bolton yesterday with a £200 no-limit hold’em freezeout. This will be followed with a £300 no-limit hold’em freezeout today and the £500 no-limit hold’em freezeout main event tomorrow. Capacity for each event is 150 and players will receive a 45 […]

WSOP — John-Paul Kelly Wins Event No. 20

It was a battle of England vs. Germany in the heads-up final of event No. 20 ($1,500 pot-limit hold’em) at the World Series of Poker on June 11, as John-Paul Kelly and Mark Tschirch battled for a gold bracelet. It took a little over an hour for the Englishman, Kelly, to prevail and win the […]

Bodog.com is Back for All Poker Players

Bodog.com is back. The popular online gaming site, which offers poker, sports betting, and other casino games, has returned to its original domain address, bodog.com. Bodog told Card Player that it was “a great day for all who have come to know Bodog as a pioneer in the worlds of online gaming and online entertainment.” […]

Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of June 8, 2009

Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $300,000 Entrants: 286 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. AD_84 — $75,000 2. HHHUGO — $48,000 3. ALLinwithdaBEST — $36,000 4. kudos1017 — $27,750 5. bizzleraises — $21,000 6. […]

Final Table from Hell Returns to DevilfishPoker

The hugely popular Final Table from Hell has returned to DevilfishPoker.com for its second instalment. The promotion will see the top players of five weekly bounty tournaments held every Thursday at 8 p.m. (BST) come together for a six-seater single table battle featuring the ambassador of the site, David Ulliott. However, because Devilfish is currently […]

Italian Online Poker Grows Six Percent in May 2009

The Italian poker boom shows little sign of abating with online poker wagers up six percent to €200 million in May 2009 from €188 million in April 2009 according to new figures releases by state gambling monopoly AAMS. The Italian market was partially deregulated last year and a number of big online poker companies moved […]

Everest Poker for Sale as Revenue Down

Gigamedia, the publicly-quoted parent company of Everest Poker, yesterday confirmed it was in advanced discussions with two parties for the sale or strategic partnership relating to its poker and casino offerings. It also reported a decrease in poker revenue for the first quarter of 2009 of 27 percent compared to the first quarter of 2008. […]

EU Calls on U.S. to Drop Gambling Ban

The European Commission yesterday urged the U.S. to enter discussions with it over the current online gambling ban, insisting the ban contravenes global trade rules according to Reuters. The U.S. introduced the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006, a move which European based companies such as PartyGaming and Sportingbet says has cost them up […]

WSOP — Brock Parker Wins His Second Bracelet

On June 7, Brock Parker won his first gold bracelet in event No. 14 ($2,500 six-handed limit hold’em) at the World Series of Poker, along with $223,688 in prize money. The morning after his victory, Parker entered event No. 19 ($2,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em), and he survived day 1 on June 8. June 9 saw […]